Sports

Gallery | Boys soccer crosstown showdown
Crosstown showdown between Liberty and Liberty North boys soccer Tuesday, Sept. 22.
- Gallery | Boys soccer crosstown showdown
- Natsvaladze walks off win for Liberty North boys soccer over Liberty
- Liberty boys swim wins 8 events to finish 1st in NKC Invite
- Mallonee medals as Kearney boys swim competes in NKC Invite
- Liberty North boys swim sends 2 events to finals of NKC Invite
Education

Smithville High speech & debate president receives national award
SMITHVILLE — Smithville High School speech and debate president Braelynn Fenton, a junior, received the 2025-2026 Speaker & Service award from the National Speech & Debate Association. The national award is given to students who…
- Smithville High speech & debate president receives national award
- Northlanders named among semifinalists in 2027 National Merit Scholarship Program
- Kearney School District hosts meetings
- Smithville High school graduates, Liberty graduate receive Central Bank scholarships
- Smithville, Kearney FFA chapters help pack 252,564 meals at state fair
Outdoors

Learn to create waystation for butterflies, monarchs with Sept. 12 MDC virtual program
Building a butterfly waystation brings color and an up-close look can aid these delicate insects.
- Learn to create waystation for butterflies, monarchs with Sept. 12 MDC virtual program
- Growing together in God’s care: Liberty churches expand shared garden ministry
- MDC offers free virtual class on rifle scope mounting scope Aug. 18
- Tomatoes struggle in summer heat
- HDLI celebrates Christmas in July with beer crawl
Sports

Gallery | Boys soccer crosstown showdown
Crosstown showdown between Liberty and Liberty North boys soccer Tuesday, Sept. 22.
- Gallery | Boys soccer crosstown showdown
- Natsvaladze walks off win for Liberty North boys soccer over Liberty
- Liberty boys swim wins 8 events to finish 1st in NKC Invite
- Mallonee medals as Kearney boys swim competes in NKC Invite
- Liberty North boys swim sends 2 events to finals of NKC Invite
Education

Smithville High speech & debate president receives national award
SMITHVILLE — Smithville High School speech and debate president Braelynn Fenton, a junior, received the 2025-2026 Speaker & Service award from the National Speech & Debate Association. The national award…
- Smithville High speech & debate president receives national award
- Northlanders named among semifinalists in 2027 National Merit Scholarship Program
- Kearney School District hosts meetings
- Smithville High school graduates, Liberty graduate receive Central Bank scholarships
- Smithville, Kearney FFA chapters help pack 252,564 meals at state fair
Outdoors

Learn to create waystation for butterflies, monarchs with Sept. 12 MDC virtual program
Building a butterfly waystation brings color and an up-close look can aid these delicate insects.
- Learn to create waystation for butterflies, monarchs with Sept. 12 MDC virtual program
- Growing together in God’s care: Liberty churches expand shared garden ministry
- MDC offers free virtual class on rifle scope mounting scope Aug. 18
- Tomatoes struggle in summer heat
- HDLI celebrates Christmas in July with beer crawl
News

Smithville’s Backyard BBQ Bash Saturday
SMITHVILLE — The Backyard BBQ Bash is returning to downtown Smithville Saturday, Sept. 26. The contest and other activities will take place in Courtyard Park, 118 N Commercial Ave.
- Smithville’s Backyard BBQ Bash Saturday
- Lane, ramp closures along I-29 now through Oct. 10
- Liberty Fire Department receives assistance from KCFD for trench rescue
- Various overnight traffic impacts for pavement repair through Sept. 23
- Platte County prosecutor dies
Community Living

Celebrate America 250 in Liberty with special pictorial postmark
LIBERTY — The America 250 Task Force invites community members and visitors to a special Pictorial Postmark and Hand Canceling event during the Liberty Fall Festival from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at the City Hall Fountain, 101 E. Kansas St.
- Celebrate America 250 in Liberty with special pictorial postmark
- ‘Stop and Smell the Roses’ latest permanent art installation in Liberty 2nd Jacobsen piece in Gladstone
- Northland Clothing Center offers free fall festival
- Over-the-counter hearing aids may aid those with mild hearing loss
- Author, Great British Bake Off finalist visits library Sept. 23
Multimedia

Gallery | Boys soccer crosstown showdown
Crosstown showdown between Liberty and Liberty North boys soccer Tuesday, Sept. 22.
- Gallery | Boys soccer crosstown showdown
- Jesse James Festival includes parade, games
- Gallery | Volleyball crosstown showdown
- Gallery | Highway 92 softball
- Gallery | Highway 92 soccer
Special Sections
Entertainment

MOVIE REVIEW: You won't wish you were there
By Simonie WilsonA coming-of-age story starring non-binary actor Bella Ramsey from “The Last of Us” set against the backdrop of chemotherapy camp sounds like a 2000s movie based on a book by John Green or JoJo Moyes. While it does have a retro feel to it, it is not in fact based on a book,…
- MOVIE REVIEW: You won’t wish you were there
- MOVIE REVIEW: Finding Alaska disappointing
- Special edition of Reel Liberty Film Festival Sept. 7
- Bluegrass in the Tallgrass coming Sept. 12
- Shoal Creek Living History Museum celebrates Pioneer Day of 1866
Opinion

Critical to reflect on Sept. 11 25 years later
- Critical to reflect on Sept. 11 25 years later
- Time to set bitterness aside
- Free press critical to current society
- Reader suggests moving Kearney farmers market to Jesse James Park
- Time to appreciate firsts as new school year starts




